Remember the Future, a podcast by ART.COOP
Art.coop invites listeners to Remember the Future together by listening to the stories of artists and culture bearers who know that the practices of the Solidarity Economy are not some new technology, but actually are ways of being in relationship with people and planet that are as old as time. They are our ancestral practices. In this series listeners learn: You don’t have to be a starving artist or a sell out. You can find work where you joyfully live your values and pay the bills. We meet QTBIPOC creatives who are firing their bosses, freeing the land, electing themselves, and building livelihoods based on care, cooperation, mutual aid, and solidarity.
Remember the Future, a podcast by ART.COOP
Alternative to Etsy with Artisans Cooperative
What if online marketplaces were designed for sellers to collaborate rather than compete? How can strikes be used not just as a form of resistance, but as a catalyst for co-creating a non-exploitative model?
Ebony speaks with Mastress Tara from Artisans Cooperative, a member-owned handmade marketplace. Learn how they emerged from the Etsy Strike that 30,000 sellers joined, what they offer artisans that’s unique from other marketplaces, how they encourage cooperation rather than competition amongst sellers, practices for tapping into our childlike spirits, and the future they envision for Artisan’s Co-op.
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